The Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI) was launched in 2003 with the strategic goal of achieving full access to safe, adequate and affordable water supply and sanitation for rural areas in Africa by 2025. The RWSSI targets for 2015 are aligned with the MDG targets of 70% and 62% access to water supply and sanitation, respectively. This report updates stake holders on the progress made in 2013.

The IFRC Regional Representation for Eastern Africa and Indian Ocean Islands, as part of the
IFRC Africa Zone, supports National Societies (NS) to train and mobilise volunteers to respond to
emergencies and to make communities more resilient to risks. It aims to make this work
sustainable by bringing evidence-based cases of the benefits of Red Cross/Red Crescent
volunteer action to new and existing stakeholders in the humanitarian and development sector.

Situated in a region prone to man-made, natural, slow-onset or rapid complex emergencies, the IFRC EAIOIRO supports Red Cross and Red Crescent (RC / RC) National Societies in humanitarian response and enhancing communities’ capacity to be more resilient to hazards and risks.